Documentary series about hate crime in the US told through murders with
elements of love and passion as well as prejudice. Each film tells the
story of one unfolding case.

Type: Documentary

Languages: English

Status: Running

Runtime: 60 minutes

Premier: 2018-01-08

Love and Hate Crime - Hate crime - Netflix

A hate crime (also known as a bias-motivated crime or bias crime) is a
prejudice-motivated crime which occurs when a perpetrator targets a
victim because of his or her membership (or perceived membership) in a
certain social group or race. Examples of such groups can include and
are almost exclusively limited to: sex, ethnicity, disability, language,
nationality, physical appearance, religion, gender identity or sexual
orientation. Non-criminal actions that are motivated by these reasons
are often called “bias incidents”. “Hate crime” generally refers to
criminal acts which are seen to have been motivated by bias against one
or more of the social groups listed above, or by bias against their
derivatives. Incidents may involve physical assault, damage to property,
bullying, harassment, verbal abuse or insults, mate crime or offensive
graffiti or letters (hate mail). A hate crime law is a law intended to
deter bias-motivated violence. Hate crime laws are distinct from laws
against hate speech: hate crime laws enhance the penalties associated
with conduct which is already criminal under other laws, while hate
speech laws criminalize a category of speech. Hate speech laws exist in
many countries. In the United States, hate crime laws have been upheld
by both the Supreme Court and lower courts, especially in the case of
'fighting' words and other violent speech, but they are thought by some
people to be in conflict with the First Amendment right to freedom of
speech, but hate crimes are only regulated through threats of injury or
death.

Love and Hate Crime - Hate crime laws - Netflix

Hate crime laws generally fall into one of several categories: laws
defining specific bias-motivated acts as distinct crimes; criminal
penalty-enhancement laws; laws creating a distinct civil cause of action
for hate crimes; and laws requiring administrative agencies to collect
hate crime statistics. Sometimes (as in Bosnia and Herzegovina), the
laws focus on war crimes, genocide, and crimes against humanity with the
prohibition against discriminatory action limited to public officials.